{"id":36932,"date":"2011-11-29T21:10:29","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T21:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2011\/11\/29\/book-aesthete-rur-rossums-universal\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T22:22:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T22:22:44","slug":"book-aesthete-rur-rossums-universal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2011\/11\/29\/book-aesthete-rur-rossums-universal\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-36932 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2011\/11\/29\/book-aesthete-rur-rossums-universal\/attachment\/36933\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tumblr_lvebvbnIXY1qabm59o1_250-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tumblr_lvebvbnIXY1qabm59o1_250-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tumblr_lvebvbnIXY1qabm59o1_250-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/book-aesthete.tumblr.com\/post\/13506916761\/r-u-r-rossums-universal-robots-karel-capek\">book-aesthete<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong> R.U.R. Rossum\u2019s Universal Robots.<\/strong><br \/> Karel Capek. Prague: Aventinum, 1920.<\/p>\n<p>First edition of the book which coined the word \u2018<strong>Robot<\/strong>\u2019. Capek\u2019s dramatic exploration of advancing automation, and the near-universal fear of machines supplanting humans, was an immediate worldwide success. R.U.R. premiered in Prague early in 1921, was performed in New York in 1922, and issued in English translation in 1923. It was eventually translated into all the major languages. This copy shows annotation suggesting that it was used by an actor playing the role of Dr Gall. This copy appears to be in a variant binding with a cloth spine. Origins of Cyberspace 249.<\/p>\n<p><strong>B-A Note<\/strong>:  According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/science\/discoveries\/news\/2007\/01\/72500\">wired.com<\/a>, this play first premiered on January 25, 1921 &#8211; which will now be recorded in my calendar as \u201cRobots\u2019 Birthday\u201d.  Also, according to Google, it was not Karel Capek that coined the term but rather his brother, Josef Capek.<\/p>\n<p>Again from wired:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe robots in Capek\u2019s play are not mechanical men made of metal; instead they are molded out of a chemical batter and they look exactly like humans. Each robot costs the equivalent of $150 and \u201ccan do the work of two-and-a-half human laborers,\u201d so that humans might be free to have \u201cno other task, no other work, no other cares\u201d than perfecting themselves.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>However, the robots come to realize that even though they have \u201cno passion, no history, no soul,\u201d they are stronger and smarter than humans. They kill every human but one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>book-aesthete: R.U.R. Rossum\u2019s Universal Robots. Karel Capek. Prague: Aventinum, 1920. First edition of the book which coined the word \u2018Robot\u2019. Capek\u2019s dramatic exploration of advancing automation, and the near-universal fear of machines supplanting humans, was an immediate worldwide success. 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